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Endwe.—Sow the first main crop in the 
middle of the month. 
Kidney-Beans.—Make successional sowings. 
Leeks.—Transplant those sown in March. 
Lettuce.—Continue sowing and planting out 
successions. Water frequently in dry weather, 
and tie up for blanching, as required. Sow 
Green Paris Cos and other kinds at the end of 
the month in drills, to be thinned to 6 inches 
apart. 
Mustard.—Make weekly sowings. 
ginning of the month, if not previously done. 
Onions.—Hoe and thin early-sown crops, and 
encourage growth by watering and stirring the 
soil about them occasionally. 
Orach.—Sow about the middle of the month 
on rich soil. 
Parsnips.—Thin and hoe between rows. 
Peas.—Sow, the first week of the month, in 
rich well-trenched and enriched ground, a good 
breadth of the Ne Plus Ultra or other tall- 
growing kind for autumn use. Towards the 
end of the month make another sowing of 
tall-growing early varieties. 
Potatoes.—Earth up. 
Radishes..— Make fresh sowings in a shaded 
spot. 
Suvoys.—Plant out towards the end of the 
month. 
Scarlet Iunners.—It they are to be run up 
sticks, these should be put up at once; and 
THE GARDENER’S ASSISTANT. 
those to be kept dwarf will need to be topped | 
occasionally. 
Spinach.—Make successional sowings. 
Tomatoes.—Plant out, if not already done. 
Turnips.—Sow a succession in the beginning, 
and in cold situations the main winter crop at 
the end of the month. Hoe and thin previous 
sowings as they advance. 
HARDY-FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
Particular attention must be directed to the 
summer-pruning of wall-trees, otherwise confu- | 
sion will take place, and the sap will flow most 
where it is least wanted; so that a tree which, 
by proper management, would be everywhere 
sufficiently, and almost equally vigorous, will 
exhibit the evil of over-luxuriance in one part 
and excessive debility in the other. 
With respect to Peaches and Nectarines, it 
is very important to keep the trees free from 
insects. As the growths pfoceed, any which 
are likely to be too vigorous should be pinched 
at about the sixth leaf; others less strong and 
_mences, when no more water ought to be given. 
the terminals should be let run without stop- 
ping, and lateral growths from these should be 
pinched at the first leaf. During dry, sunny 
weather the trees should be syringed at least 
three times a week. | 
Pear-trees on walls should have their fore- 
right shoots pinched or cut back to 6 inches. 
The most luxuriant shoots of standard and 
dwarf fruit-trees should also be pinched, where 
if let alone, they would, by the end of the 
season, acquire a degree of strength out of 
New Zealand Spinach.—Plant out in the be- 
proportion with other parts of the tree. 
In nailing in the shoots to be retained, take 
care that the shreds are not too tight. The 
nails should be driven in no farther than is just 
sufficient to hold. Let none be driven so near 
the young fruit as to be likely to touch or gall 
it when full-grown; many nails employed in the 
winter nailing will require to be drawn when 
fruit happens to be too near them. : 
Syringe wall-trees frequently ; until mid-sum- 
mer it should be done in the morning. Use pow- 
dered tobacco-leaves or snuff against green-fly. 
Water thoroughly all trees planted last spring, 
and others that may require it, before they 
sutter. 
Attend to trees gratted in spring, and if they 
are growing freely the clay will require to be 
removed and the tie loosened. In many cases 
the grafts must be again retied, and the shoot 
supported by a small rod. 
FoRCING DEPARTMENT. 
Egg-plants.—Keep these near the glass; attend 
to watering, and guard against red spider. 
Cucumbers.—Attend to former directions re- 
specting stopping and training. Ventilate early 
on sunny days, in order to clear the leaves of 
moisture, or its effect may prove injurious. 
Water abundantly and frequently with manure- “a 
water. When the external temperature is above 
75°, with a moist atmosphere or gentle rain, the 
sashes may be drawn off. Plants in ridges 
should be stopped, to furnish a sufficient num- 
ber of shoots. 
Melons.—In houses with mixed sorts ripening 
now, tender-skinned kinds are apt to scald if 
fully exposed to bright sun; these require shad- 
ing with tissue-paper. Water abundantly whilst 
fruit is swelling, until just before ripening com- 
Place supports under the fruit. 
If the earliest crop is cleared of fruit the 
old soil should be removed and the house well 
cleansed before introducing fresh plants. 
